Tag: Long term health consequences

According to the World Health Organization, unhealthy diets are a leading risk factor for the global burden of disease, contributing to conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. This statistic underscores a critical question: what happens to your body if you don't eat healthy food, and what are the severe consequences of chronic poor nutrition?

According to UNICEF and WHO, over 149 million children under the age of five are stunted, a condition often resulting from chronic protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). The major effect of early life PEM is its severe and often irreversible impact on neurological and cognitive development, fundamentally altering a child's future potential.